SLOTir. 
'The Sloth, or Bradvpus of Linnsiis, is a 
genus of animals, die charad^eristics of wliicli 
are, that they have no fore-teeth in either jaw ; 
. that they have six grinders on both sides of 
each jaw, which arc cylindrical, and obliquely- 
cut off at the ends, the two foremost in each 
jaw being longer than tlie rest, and far distant 
from each other; and, that the body is covered 
•■with hair. Only three species appear to have 
been noticed by naturalists ; and, of these, one 
seems to us of very doubtful affinity, thougli 
Pennant, and other respe6lable naturalists, 
have classed in this family a five-toed qua- 
druped, under the name of Bradvpus Ursinus, 
or the Ursine Sloth. The two species adopted 
by LinnjEus, Buffon, Sec. who were probably 
unacquainted with the latter animal, which ap- 
pears to have been only lately noticed, are the 
A'f, Bradvpus Trida61ylus, or 'rhrcc-Tocd 
Sloth; and the Unau, Bradvpus DidavSlylus, 
or Two-Toed Sloth. 
Buffon, who treats of these two animals 
under one general head, has greatly confuted 
his 
